Ornamental jewelry box



May 10, 1938, J. WARNER ORNAMENTAL JEWELRY BOX Filed Jan. 21, 1956 INVENTOR QromQWamef,

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vam, ATT RNEYS Patented May 10, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 8 Claims.

This invention relates to an ornamented jewelry box and it has for its object to provide a jewelry box, for rings and other articles of jewelry in which the attractiveness and design of the box is of simple and practical construction and of a durable and lasting character.

Jewelry boxes have heretofore been formed of sheet metal or cardboard stamped or shaped to provide complemental body and top or lid parts and frequently joined along one side by a spring hinge. The box parts have been covered with plush so as to provide a neat and soft nish but since the plush covering `has usually possessed a solid tone and because of this it has been difiicult to satisfactorily obtain a variation in the design or finish on the box.

'Ihe present invention has for another object to provide a jewelry box or the like in which a pleasing design effect may be Worked into the manufacture of the box in a practical as well as pleasing manner.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a box fabricated in accordance with the present invention and depicting the preferred embodiment thereof;

2 Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross sectional view through 'the box;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view through the lid or top showing a slightly modified form of the invention;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a further modification, with parts of one box part shown separated just prior to assembly thereof;

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional View through the box embodiment of Fig. 4.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention the box comprises a base part I and a lid or top part 2 which are frequently connected together by a spring hinge 3 of any approved construction. Each box part is shown as comprising a dished member suitably shaped from sheet metal, cardboard or the like, and provided with an exterior finish, preferably of a yielding fabric 4. The fabric covering may be adhesively secured in the usual manner to the dished box member and have the marginal portions turned inwardly and against the inner face of the dished member, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Usually the fabric covering is plush which provides a soft nap or velvety finish for the box.

According to the present invention a preformed design of contrasting material is applied to the plush finish in a manner to expose the plush finish through the open work of the design.

The design or overlay section 5 may be molded, stamped or otherwise formed so as to provide solid delineating portions of rather narrow width in comparison to the open portion so as to give the plush a preferred dominance as a background 5 for the solid delineating portions.

As shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5, the nap of the plush covering extends up through the open work of the design member 5 and above the latter so that the softness of the plush covering is avail- 10 able to cushion the box when placed upon a shelf. Furthermore, when the design member is stamped from sheet metal, the cold, hard finish of the metal is subdued materially by the upstanding nap protruding through the open work of the design member so that the box is soft to the touch when handling the same. Any rough edges along the delineating portions of the Idesign are embedded in the nap of the plush and protected thereby, and by providing the plush background as a support for the metallic overlay 5, the latter is given a yielding support or backing for permitting the overlay to yield somewhat during the handling of the box. This causes the metallic parts to yield slightly and thus insures a soft finish devoid of hard and sharp edges of a non-yielding character, which are objectionable because of the likelihood of injury to the hands during the handling of the box.

The overlay section 5 may be secured to the 0 fabric or soft yielding covering 4 in a practical l and durable manner. According to the present disclosure the overlay section is mechanically connected to the supporting box section, such as by having inturned ears 6 engaged over the edge 35 of the box section. This serves to mechanically interlock the overlay or design section to the box or .dished section. If desired, the marginal portions of the overlay section may be of less open work, as shown at 1, and their free edges turned inwardly and against the box section to form the interlocking ears E. This solid formation of the marginal portions provides a stronger abutting edge 8 for contacting the like part of the companion box section when the lid or top is forcibly closed, under the impetus of the spring hinge. 'Ihis abutting edge may be solid or provided vvith openings 9, as shown in Fig. 4, the latter permitting the nap to project for silencing the impact noise when the cover is closed upon the base section of the box. l

The overlay section and the box section may be given like general box or cup shapes so that the one Will nest within the other when assembled. This nesting is shown clearly in Fig. 2

and the parts are secured in nested relation by the interlocking ears 6. Or, the abutting marginal portionsu of the overlay section may be shaped to t up over the edge portion of its box section with the open ornamental portions of the overlay separated to receive the box section, as depicted by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. After the marginal portions are nested together such ornamental top portions 5 are bent over the plush cover to interlock the box sections together. If desired, these interlocking ornamental portions may be secured together by a suitable fastening means, such as the rosettev l0.

In the modied showing of Figs. 4 and 5, the overlay sections 5 are hingedly secured together by the hinge 3 while the plush covered box sections I' and 2 are separable from each other and each nested within its respective overlay section. For instance, in Fig. 4 the cover or lid of the box section I is about to be inserted in its cup shaped overlay section, and after the parts have been nested, one within the other, the interlocking ears are thenlbent inwardly over the free edge portion of the box section. If desired, a -marginal reinforcement -H may be provided about the inner edge of the box section to obtain further anchorage, as shownin Fig. 5.

`It is preferred to have the marginal portions of theoverlay section extend across the abutting edges of the box sections, since this provides a simple means of attachmentfor the overlay section, as well as improves the iinish and durability of the box. Obviously, other means of attachment may be provided. The base section may have'its exterior bottom wall largely open so as to expose the nap for cushioning the box when placing the same upon a shelf or other supporting surface.

`While the drawing depicts the desired forms of the present.invention, and the construction has been described with greatdetail, it is not the purpose to restrict the invention to those'forms i1- lustrated, since the inventive principles herein involved are applicable to other physical embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. -An ornamented jewelry .box composed of nesting sections, the inner section having a plush surface finish and the-outer section being integraland conformably fitting the inner section and having design delineating portions providing an open formation to permit the nap of the-plush extending upwardly therethrough and about the edges of such portions for thereby serving as a A protection for the delineating portions ofthe outer section.

2. An ornamented jewelry box composed of nesting inner and outer cupped sections, the inner section having a yielding fabric iinish and the outer section conformably fitting the inner section and having design delineating portions possessing iiexibility and'providing an open formation toexpose portions of the fabric finish, the

fabric finish being relatively soft with respect to the outer section to provide a yielding backing thereof into which the flexible delineating portions may become embedded.

3. An ornamented jewelry box composed of a `:base part and a cover part joined by a hinge and having abutting edges, one box part composed of nested sections, the inner section having a plush surface 'finish and the outer section having an .open design conformably fitting A.the .inner section `to expose the `plush .therethrough, the marginal portion of the outer section extending inwardly over the edge of the inner section to provide protection therefor in forming the abutting edge for said one box part.

4. An ornamented jewelry box composed of a base part and a cover part joined by a hinge and having abutting edges, one box part composed of nested sections, the inner section having a yielding surface and the outer section having an open design conformably fitting the inner section to expose the yielding surface therethrough, the marginal portion of the outer section extending inwardly over the inner section to provide one of the abutting edges, the inwardly extending marginal portion being provided with an opening to expose the yielding surface therethrough for silencing the impact noise when closing the cover part upon the base part.

5. An ornamented jewelry box composed of a base part and a cover part joined by a hinge and having abuttingedges, one box part composed of nested sections, the inner section having a yielding plush surface with .upstanding nap and the outer section having an open design conformably fitting the inner section to expose the plush surface and permit the nap tofproject therethrough, the marginal portion of the outer section having parts extending inwardly over the inner section to provide oneof the abutting edges, and other parts to provide support for the hinge.

6. An .ornamented jewelry box-.composed of a base partand a cover vpart joined by a hinge and having abutting edges, one box part composed of nested sections, the inner section having a yielding surfaceand the outer section-having an open design conformably fitting the inner section t0 expose the yielding surface therethrough, .the marginal portion of the outer section extending inwardly over the inner section to provide one of the abutting edges, the inwardly extending marginal portion being provided with an opening to expose the yielding surfaceitherethrough.for silencing the impact noise when closing the cover part upon the base part, the inner section supporting the hinge whereby the companion section is independently removable.

7. An ornamented jewelry box composed of a base part and a cover part, each part composed of nested sections and Ymeans interlocking the sections together, the inner section having ra plush surface with upstanding nap and .the outer section having an vopen design conformably tting the inner section to expose and permit .the upstanding nap to extend upwardly therethrough over the adjacent portions of'the design and outwardly beyond the Iplane of the design whereby to provide a cushioned surface for cushioning contact with-an outside object.

8. An -ornamented jewelry box composed of a base part and a cover-part joined byza hinge and having abutting edges, one box part composed of nested sections, the yinner section having a yielding surface and the youter section having an open design conformably fitting the inner section toexpose the yielding surface therethrough, the marginal portion of the outer section extending inwardly over `the inner section to provide one of the abutting edges, the inwardly extending marginal portionbeing provided with an opening to expose the yielding surface therethrough for silencing the impact noise when closingthecover part upon the vbase part, the outer section supporting the hinge .whereby the companionsection is independently removable.

. `JEROMZE! WARNER. 

